Sporting event delegation
Bulgaria first participated at the Olympic Games at the inaugural 1896 Games, with a single gymnast. However, since Charles Champaud was a Swiss national living in Sofia, some sources credit his appearance to Switzerland instead.
The Bulgarian Olympic Committee was created in 1923 and first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1924. The nation has participated in every Summer Games since then, except for 1932 (during the Great Depression), 1948 (Bulgaria's role in World War II) and 1984 (part of the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics). Bulgaria first participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 1936 and has attended every Winter Games since then.
Bulgarian athletes have won a total of 237 medals, with wrestling and weightlifting as the top medal-producing sports. After the fall of the communist regime in 1989–90, in Bulgaria's turbulent transition to free-market democracy, top-notch state support for Bulgarian Olympians disintegrated. Diminishing and marginalized medal returns were evident from the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Bulgaria, a former top-10 Olympic powerhouse in the late 1980s, fell out of its former high stature. Bulgaria's best performance to date has come in the 1980 Summer Olympics, where they finished third in the medal table. In the 1988 Summer Olympics, Bulgaria ranked 7th but won the nation's largest total of gold medals. Bulgaria's most successful Winter Olympics occurred in 1998 when the country ranked 15th in the medal table.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
Medals by Winter Games
Medals by summer sport
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Medals by winter sport
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List of medalists
Summer Olympics
Winter Olympics
Multiple medal winners
Athlete
|
Sport
|
Gender
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Years
|
Games
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|
|
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Total
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Maria Grozdeva |
Shooting |
F |
1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2020 |
Summer |
2 |
0 |
3 |
5
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Nikolay Bukhalov |
Canoeing |
M |
1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 |
Summer |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3
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Tanyu Kiryakov |
Shooting |
M |
1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 |
Summer |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3
|
Boyan Radev |
Wrestling |
M |
1964, 1968 |
Summer |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2
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Petar Kirov |
Wrestling |
M |
1968, 1972, 1976 |
Summer |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2
|
Norair Nurikyan |
Weightlifting |
M |
1972, 1976 |
Summer |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2
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Vanja Gesheva |
Kayaking |
F |
1980, 1988 |
Summer |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4
|
Enyu Valchev |
Wrestling |
M |
1960, 1964, 1968 |
Summer |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3
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Rumyana Neykova |
Rowing |
F |
1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 |
Summer |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3
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Dimitar Dobrev |
Wrestling |
M |
1956, 1960 |
Summer |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2
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Lyubomir Lyubenov |
Canoeing |
M |
1980 |
Summer |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2
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Stefka Kostadinova |
Athletics |
F |
1988, 1992, 1996 |
Summer |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2
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Daniel Petrov |
Boxing |
M |
1992, 1996 |
Summer |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2
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Prodan Gardzhev |
Wrestling |
M |
1960, 1964, 1968 |
Summer |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2
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Ivanka Hristova |
Athletics |
F |
1964, 1968, 1972, 1976 |
Summer |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2
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Siyka Kelbecheva |
Rowing |
F |
1976, 1980 |
Summer |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2
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Stoyanka Kurbatova-Gruycheva |
Rowing |
F |
1976, 1980 |
Summer |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2
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Stoyan Deltchev |
Gymnastics |
M |
1976, 1980 |
Summer |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2
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Ivailo Marinov |
Boxing |
M |
1980, 1988 |
Summer |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2
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Yordanka Donkova |
Athletics |
F |
1980, 1988, 1992 |
Summer |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2
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Valentin Yordanov |
Wrestling |
M |
1988, 1992, 1996 |
Summer |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2
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Armen Nazaryan |
Wrestling |
M |
2000, 2004, 2008 |
Summer |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2
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Aleksandar Tomov |
Wrestling |
M |
1972, 1976, 1980 |
Summer |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3
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Evgenia Radanova |
Short track speed skating |
F |
1994, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010 |
Winter |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3
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Stancho Kolev |
Wrestling |
M |
1960, 1964 |
Summer |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2
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Osman Duraliev |
Wrestling |
M |
1968, 1972 |
Summer |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2
|
Mariya Petkova |
Athletics |
F |
1976, 1980 |
Summer |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2
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Ginka Gyurova |
Rowing |
F |
1976, 1980 |
Summer |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2
|
Mariyka Modeva |
Rowing |
F |
1976, 1980 |
Summer |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2
|
Vesela Letcheva |
Shooting |
F |
1988, 1992 |
Summer |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2
|
Yoto Yotov |
Weightlifting |
M |
1992, 1996 |
Summer |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2
|
Petar Merkov |
Canoeing |
M |
2000 |
Summer |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2
|
Stanka Zlateva |
Wrestling |
F |
2008, 2012 |
Summer |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2
|
Yordan Yovchev |
Gymnastics |
M |
1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 |
Summer |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4
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Yordanka Blagoeva |
Athletics |
F |
1972, 1976 |
Summer |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
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Atanas Shopov |
Weightlifting |
M |
1972, 1976 |
Summer |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
|
Krasimira Bogdanova |
Basketball |
F |
1976, 1980 |
Summer |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
|
Diana Braynova-Dilova |
Basketball |
F |
1976, 1980 |
Summer |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
|
Penka Metodieva |
Basketball |
F |
1976, 1980 |
Summer |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
|
Snezhana Mikhaylova |
Basketball |
F |
1976, 1980 |
Summer |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
|
Petkana Makaveeva |
Basketball |
F |
1976, 1980 |
Summer |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
|
Nadka Golcheva |
Basketball |
F |
1976, 1980 |
Summer |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
|
Penka Stoyanova |
Basketball |
F |
1976, 1980 |
Summer |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
|
Diana Paliiska |
Canoeing |
F |
1988 |
Summer |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
|
Antoaneta Frenkeva |
Swimming |
F |
1988 |
Summer |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
|
Tsvetanka Khristova |
Athletics |
F |
1988, 1992 |
Summer |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
|
Nikolay Peshalov |
Weightlifting |
M |
1992, 1996 |
Summer |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
|
Stefan Angelov |
Wrestling |
M |
1972, 1976 |
Summer |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2
|
Martin Marinov |
Canoeing |
M |
1988, 1992 |
Summer |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2
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Medals by sport and year
Summer Olympics
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Equestrian
Games
|
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze
|
Total
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1980 Moscow |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1
|
Total |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1
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Football
Gymnastics
Judo
Karate
Games
|
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze
|
Total
|
2020 Tokyo |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1
|
Total |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1
|
Rowing
Shooting
Swimming
Games
|
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze
|
Total
|
1988 Seoul |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3
|
Total |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3
|
Taekwondo
Games
|
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze
|
Total
|
2024 Paris |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1
|
Total |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1
|
Tennis
Games
|
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze
|
Total
|
1988 Seoul |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1
|
Total |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1
|
Volleyball
Games
|
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze
|
Total
|
1980 Moscow |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
|
Total |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2
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Weightlifting
Wrestling
Winter Olympics
Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
Short track speed skating
Bulgarian Olympic Flag Bearers
See also
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